Compliance of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority in Properly Paying its Staff

This responds to a Congressional letter dated April 7, 1998, asking whether the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (the Authority) has complied with the limitation provided in section 102 of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (the Act), Pub. L. No. 104-8, 109 Stat. 97 (1995), in paying the Authority's staff. Congress asked that we consider all Authority staff who received pay for any period from the Authority's inception through March 31, 1998.

We requested information from the Authority concerning its staff compensation, held several meetings with Authority staff, and reviewed personnel and pay records of a number of Authority employees. We conclude that for some or all of the period in question, the Authority has paid four of its staff members at rates exceeding the pay limitation established by section 102.